Mexico City’s Benito Juárez International Airport resumed operations on Monday after heavy rains on Sunday evening forced a temporary suspension of flights.

In a statement released Monday morning, the airport explained that due to rainfall measuring between 50 and 77 millimeters, operations were halted amid reports of poor visibility and flooding that caused damage to terminals and a collapse of the airport’s drainage system.

The four-hour suspension to drain water affected 104 flights and nearly 14,900 passengers, who had to be redirected to other airports across the country.

To address the flooding in the airside areas, buildings, and surrounding roads, vacuum trucks and motor pumps were deployed to ensure safe conditions on runways, taxiways, and platforms, allowing flight operations to resume, the Navy Secretariat said.

By 6:00 a.m. local time (12:00 GMT), traffic on runway 05 right – 23 left had not yet fully normalized, nearly six hours after runway 05 left – 23 right had been cleared for use.

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Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum announced on Monday that the government is monitoring and providing support to 81 Mexican nationals detained at a facility in Florida known as ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ She also expressed her opposition to this type of detention center.

During her morning press conference at the National Palace, Sheinbaum explained that the Mexican consulate in Miami has interviewed the detainees during visits between July 23 and August 11 and maintains ongoing communication with them.

“Our colleague, former Governor of Chiapas Rutilio Escandón, regularly visits the facility to check on the needs of those detained. At the same time, we are working diplomatically to ensure that they remain there for as few days as possible,” she said.

She also emphasized that legal support is provided to those wishing to expedite their deportation to Mexico, as well as assistance for those who choose to pursue legal proceedings in the U.S. before repatriation.

Sheinbaum noted that so far, there have been no reports of human rights violations and stressed the importance of constant communication with the nationals.

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“Obviously, we do not agree with these types of detention centers. They are state-run, not federal; they belong to the state of Florida,” she added.

She also explained that in some cases, detainees are later transferred to federal facilities before deportation, provided there are no ongoing legal proceedings.

Brazil’s Finance Minister, Fernando Haddad, stated on Monday that a planned discussion with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to talk about the 50% tariffs was canceled due to interference from “far-right forces.”

“The anti-diplomatic activism of far-right forces working with the White House learned about the meeting requested by the Finance Ministry and acted, along with some advisors to President (Donald) Trump, to cancel it,” Haddad said in an interview with the Globonews channel.

Haddad explained that in Brazil, “there is a political force” carrying out a kind of “anti-diplomacy” aimed at undermining the diplomatic efforts of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s government to negotiate the 50% tariff imposed by the United States on certain Brazilian imports.